Vehicle-spring



e. HUBERT/ Vehicle-Spring.

No. 225,384. Paten ted Mar. 9, 1880..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV HUBERT, OF GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN.

VEHICLE- SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 225,384, dated March 9,1880.

Application filed December 22, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GUs'rAv HUBERT, of GrandHaven, in the county of Ottawa and State of Michigan, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Garriage SpringPlatforms, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings, in which Figurel is a side elevation of a lightcarriage with my spring-platform attached Fig. 2, a plan of sub-gear,including king-plate; and Fig. 3, a sectional view of king-plate,showing head-block and end of reach.

The object of my invention is to furnish'a device by which to addcomfort to the person while driving, as well as to combine strength andutility with cheapness in cost of production.

In the drawings, AA is a bent wooden spring, fastened forward to thepillow-block by means of bolts, rear to the axle by clips, and which isbacked from 00 to m with either leather or metal. This spring iscontinued by a steel coil-spring, B, which supports the rear end of thecarriage-body, the other bearing of the body being secured byclip at Oon springA. D is a reach made in common with the kingplate E, and which,at F, is furnished with fixed shoulder 12, which bears against collar G,which is supported by braces d 61 upon rear axle, G.

From the shoulder b the reach is extended through spring f, behind whichis nut g, governing the recoil of reach against spring f.

It will be seen that with the weight of the carriage-body upon thesprings, aided by the weight of one or more persons, the wholecombination yields easily, and places a strain upon the spring f, which,yielding in turn, lengthens the reach, while itadds its own to theelastic force already in play. Any sudden recoil or tendency of theforward axle to recoil upon the rear axle, as when the wheel encountersa sudden depression or obstacle in the road, is checked by the fixedshoulder b at F, while, through the responsive action of the wholecombination, the action of the wheel produces no inconvenient jolting ofthe carriage.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

lhe bent wooden spring A A, in combination with the steel coilspring B,the reach D, and king-plate E, substantially as shown and described.

GUSTAV HUBERT. VVitnes'ses:

J OHN MAOFIE, J. DEBoE.

